![]() ![]() Private stations also essentially follow suit you don’t want anyone to zap to another channel in the face of the horror shown. In the public media, war-deterring film footage is even taboo. Since the last World War II participants have been buried, there are only generations in Germany who perceive “war” as if it were a prime-time topic. Flirting with warīut even beyond that, the question remains: Why is this so? Why can’t we take the “Thou shalt not kill” seriously? (A small side aspect of this fact: The state monopoly on the use of force probably only exists because apparently our willingness to kill has to be contained by law). The Christian foundation of our society, which conservative politicians like to invoke – and which actually exists – has thus ensured that almost all people in Central Europe agree with the ban on killing, but just in the ecclesiastically casual way, namely: “Yes, well, somehow that’s right, but …” No one has to think about this very much, not even the many Muslims – perhaps this is their greatest common denominator with the Christians – because most people think about murder and manslaughter in this casual way, as long as they are not affected themselves consequently, such thinking is right. The – presumably – only exception is the Bahai religion. And everywhere this demand has been corrupted, even in supposedly purely peaceful Buddhism. Interestingly, “Thou shalt not kill” is part of the repertoire of beliefs of all world religions. The “Thou shalt not kill” also refers to the inner readiness, often the desire or even the lust, to destroy one’s fellow man. Those who do not recognize the difference cannot be helped. The answer is very simple, even if it requires a little ability to differentiate: In this and similar cases, it is not a matter of killing with intent, but of protective behavior with possibly fatal consequences. I’m already hearing from all sides the popular bogus argument: “Christianity or not, if your children were attacked by a terrorist, would you still be a radical pacifist?” When I was 18, I had to deal with this objection on the subject of conscientious objection. And what if you are threatened?īut back to the seemingly fundamental commandment “Thou shalt not kill. Pope Pius XII was even more concerned about the political unity of Christianity and the safety of his band of servants than he was about fighting the concentration camps. Even if one does not want to go so far as to claim that violence and Christianity belong together, one can nevertheless state: Violence and organized Christianity have almost never been mutually exclusive. If he had been an atheist, this would not have happened. ![]() And quite modern: Norwegian terrorist Anders Behring Breivik, whose attack in 2011 killed 77 people, invoked Christianity to justify his act. A proven tradition, therefore, which the Central and South American population was also allowed to enjoy for a long time on the part of the Spaniards. The Nazis were already allowed to claim the blessing for “our armaments” up to Christian weapon blessings of the official church, not to mention the Teutonic Knights, who drove the Lithuanian pagans to baptism with the sword in the 12th century. ![]() Even “Die Christliche Arbeitsgemeinschaft Tanz” (Christian working group dance) prays not for all people exposed to war, but exclusively for the people in Ukraine according to the motto: “You can’t pray for everyone.” Blessing for the blessing of arms And yet the assembled Christendom, above all the Christian German party landscape, has decided to make a papal exception here. It didn’t say, “Thou shalt not kill thy friend, but thine enemies very well” nor did it say, “Thou shalt not kill unless thou canst find good cause.” No, it was not said that way. And it seemed non-negotiable to me when I started thinking about it, “Thou shalt not kill.” Period. They always kill the son of a mother.” Juergen Todenhoefer “The masses are never bellicose unless they are poisoned by propaganda.” Albert Einstein ![]()
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